## Meanings
1. A person who receives something.
2. A patient who receives a transplanted organ or tissue from a donor.
3. Receiving, or able to receive, something.

## Examples
- She was the recipient of this year's top award.
- The recipient of the new kidney recovered well after the operation.
- The recipient country distributed the aid to flood victims.

## Synonyms
- accepter
- accipient
- acquirer
- getter
- obtainer
- procurer
- receiver
- securer

## Antonyms
- giver

## Derived Forms
- corecipient
- geniculorecipient
- multirecipient
- nonrecipient
- recipientship
- retinorecipient
- subrecipient

## Related Forms
- receive
- receiving

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *keh₂p-
- Root: récipient
- Root: recipiēns

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”).

## AI Etymology
Recipient is borrowed from Middle French récipient, from Latin recipiēns, present participle of recipiō (“to receive”). The historical chain includes *keh₂p- (Proto-Indo-European), récipient (Middle French), and recipiēns (Latin). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as corecipient, geniculorecipient, multirecipient, and nonrecipient and related forms such as receive and receiving. In present use it covers a person who receives something, a patient who receives a transplanted organ or tissue from a donor, and receiving, or able to receive, something.

## Topics
- The Human Body
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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